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  • Jurisdiction

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Jurisdiction Meaning of Jurisdiction The extent of legal authority and power . A term of large and comprehensive import , it generally denotes the lawful authority of a body to exercise power. The term […]

  • Resolution

    Resolution

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Resolution Meaning of Resolution A solemn judgment or decision of a court . A formal statement of the opinion or intention of an official body or corporation . See Wiley v Woods, 141 A.2d 844, 393 Pa. […]

  • Ratio

    An account , a rule of proportion , also, a cause , or giving judgment therein. Reason. Ground of a decision .

  • Contract

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Contract Meaning of Contract A deliberate engagement between competent parties upon a legal consideration to do or abstain from doing some act. It is essential to the creation of a contract that the […]

  • Share

    Share

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Share Meaning of Share A portion of anything owned in common by several persons. In relation to corporations, it is a definite fractional part of the capital of the corporation conferring upon the holder […]

  • Fraud

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fraud Meaning of Fraud In widest sense, the term denotes an infraction of the rules of fair dealing. while it is impossible to find a definition of fraud to embrace all f.r.s. that it may adopt , for it […]

  • Securities

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Securities Meaning of Securities stocks , bonds, contracts or other evidence of secured indebtedness, wherein an investment is made for the purpose of realizing income or profit . U.C.C. distinguishes […]

  • Association

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Association Meaning of Association A union of persons for a common purpose, a confederacy . The persons so uniting. A body of persons not invested legally with corporate status . See Pacific Electric […]

  • Judicial Power

    A power of a court to hear, decide and pronounce a judgment upon controversies presented to it and implies the construction of law and the adjudication of legal rights . To be distinguished from legislative power which is the power to enact laws or to declare what the law shall […]

  • Decision

    Decision

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Decision Meaning of Decision A judgment or decree or order pronounced by a court in settlement of a controversy submitted to it. Act of deciding or settling a dispute or question by giving the judgment; […]

  • Opinion

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Opinion Meaning of Opinion A conclusion or belief held with confidence , after analysis of the facts and the law relating to a matter. Frequently the term is synonymous with judgment . <div […]

  • Fault

    Negligence , an error or defect of judgment or conduct ; any deviation from prudence or duty; any shortcoming or neglect t of care or performance resulting from inattention, incapacity or perversity.

  • Fault

    Negligence , an error or defect of judgment or conduct ; any deviation from prudence or duty; any shortcoming or neglect t of care or performance resulting from inattention, incapacity or perversity.

  • Question

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Question Meaning of Question An interrogatory, an inquiry. A point at issue between parties ; a subject of investigation or debate. Question Alternative […]

  • Lien

    A charge upon property of another either real or personal as security for the payment of a debt or performance of a duty in priority to the general debts of the owner . A tie that binds property to a debt or claim for it; satisfaction , as a right to possess and retain […]